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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780780619074 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0780619072 Label: Pbs Home Video Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Pbs Home Video Release Date: January 23, 2001 Running Time: 60 minutes Studio: Pbs Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1998 Sales Rank: 24467 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s was the scene of a passionate outburst of creativity by African-American visual artists. This documentary tells how black artists triumphed over the prejudice and segregation that kept their work out of mainstream galleries and exhibitions, and recalls the vibrancy of Harlem in the roaring twenties. You'll view over 130 paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures, along with rare archival footage of artists at work. Average Rating:
 Rating: - AN UPHILL BATTLEAgainst The Odds captures the lives and works of African-American artists of the Harlem Renaissance,who through the Harmon Foundation, were able to crack the doors of America's artistic salons. Through interviews with the artists, news reels, photographs and pictures of their works we experience their uphill battle in trying to obtain recognition. Prior to the formation of the Harmon Foundation there wasn't an outlet for Black artists to display and sell their works. The genesis ... Read More Rating: - An Important Era in American HistoryThis documentary reveals the visual artists who were part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s. Most of us think of the literary artists of this era when we consider the renaissance: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, etc. But this excellent history shows the painters, sculptors, and craftsmen who were part of the movement as well. W.E.B. DuBois and others made the movement possible by obtaining funding from various sources, many of them white. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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